Shipping crate



April 17, 1934.

C. A. BEST SHIPPING CRATE Filed Sept. l5, 1932 2 Sheets-Sheet l Inventor ttorney Patented Apr. 17, 1934 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE The present invention relates to new and useful improvements in crates of the type usually employed in the shipment of berries and other fruit and has for some of its objects to provide, in a manner as hereinafter set forth, a crate of this character which will be simple in construction, strong, durable, reliable in use, light in weight and which may be manufactured at low cost.

All of the foregoing and still further objects and advantages of the invention will become apparent from a study of the following specification, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings wherein like characters of reference designate corresponding parts throughout the several views, and wherein:-

Figure 1 is a view in side elevation of a shipping crate constructedI in accordance ,with the present invention.

Figure 2 is a top plan view thereof.

Figure 3 is a view in end elevation of the crate.

Figure 4 is a plan view of the fabric from which the sides and the bottom of the crate are formed.

Figure 5 is a fragmentary detail view in perspective of one end of the crate.

Figure 6 isa detail view in elevation, showing the scoring of the warp members at the corners.

Figure '1 is a detail view in section, taken substantially on the line 7-7 of Figure 1.

Referring now to the drawings in detail, it will be seen that the reference numeral 1 designates generally a web of fabric comprising end warp members 2 and an intermediate warp member 3, upon the inner sides of which warp members Woof members 4 in the form of slats are secured in spaced, parallel relation. Secured longitudinally on the outer sides of the warp members 2 and 3 of the fabric l are flexible wires 5. Staples 6 provide common means for securing the members 4 and the wires 5 on the members 2 and 3. 'I'he inner ends of the staples 6 are clinched, as at 'l (see Figure 7) The warp members 2 and 3 of the fabric 1 are transversely scored on their outer faces at spaced points, as at 8, as shown in dotted lines in Figure 4 and in full lines in Figures 3 and 6 to facilitate the bending of said warp members to form the lower corners of the crate. As will be seen, these score lines 8 are located on the warp members in those portions which extend between the spaced Woof members 4. The reference numeral 9 designates slatted ends to the vertical sides and bottom of which the fabric 1 is secured. The ends 9 may be of suitable construction, those illus- The reference numeral 12 designates the top of the crate which may be secured in position by extending the wires 5 thereacross and twisting or tieing said wires together at their ends, as at 13, in a manner to draw said wires tightly around the crate. The form of the top 12 which has been illustrated includes a panel 14 and cross members 15, to which cross members thewires 5 are stapled, as at 16.

It is believed that the many advantages of a shipping crate constructed in accordance with the present invention will be readily understood, and although the preferred embodiment of the invention is as illustrated and described, it is to be understood that changes in the details of construction and in the combination and arrange V,mentof parts may be resorted to which will fall within the scope 'of the-invention as claimed.

A shipping crate comprising a pair of ends, sides and a bottom secured to the ends, said sides and bottom being formed from a continuous web of fabric including spaced, parallel outer and an intermediate warp member and woof members mounted transversely on the warp members in permanently spaced parallelism with each other, the fabric further including flexible wires mounted longitudinally on the outer sides of the warp members, a top mounted on the ends, the wires extending across said top and being secured together at their ends the outer sides of said warp members being transversely scored at longitudinally spaced points dividing said web of fabric into wall-forming sections said scored lines being located in those parts o1' the warp members which 90 extend between the spaced woof members.

CLARENCE ANTHONY BEST.

trated including a frame 1liA upon which .spaced.

vertical slats 11 are secured. 

